Get out a sheet of paper and at the top write:
Sentence corrections: punctuation, grammar,
and spelling.
3/12/14 Sentence for the day: Copy this sentence and then write the correct version underneath.
Wrong: The ship was huge, its mast stood thirty feet high.
Right: The ship was huge; its mast stood thirty feet high.
Right: The ship[subject1] was [verb1]huge, and its mast [subject2] stood [verb2] thirty feet high.
IF YOU COULD USE A PERIOD, YOU CAN'T JUST USE A COMMA.
,+and = period
; = period
Right:The ship [SUBJECT1] was [VERB1] huge, and its mast [SUBJECT2] stood [VERB2] thirty feet high.
or Right: The ship was huge, its mast stood thirty feet high.
or The ship was huge; its mast stood thirty feet high.
COMMON ERRORS THAT YOU MUST AVOID IN ALL WRITTEN WORK THAT YOU HAND IN:
PUNCTUATION
Six Common Punctuation Errors That Bedevil Bloggers *IF YOUR HAND SOMETHING IN WITH ANY OF THESE ERRORS, I WILL HAND IT BACK
50 Common Punctuation Mistakes
GRAMMAR
Common Spelling, Grammar, and Usage Errors
USAGE
SPELLING
Sentence for the day:
Wrong: The ship was huge, its mast stood thirty feet high.
Right:
or Right:
SPELLING LIST: *IF YOUR HAND SOMETHING IN WITH ANY OF THESE ERRORS, I WILL HAND IT BACK
Spelling errors are among the most common surface errors as well as the most easily corrected. To correct spelling errors, use a spell-checker, regardless of your spelling skill, along with a dictionary to help you find the right alternative for a misspelled word. Remember that the spell-checker won’t help with homonyms, words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings. Some words that can cause trouble are listed below.
- a lot (expression of great quantity)
- allot (verb: to hand out or give)
- All right(not alright)
- Lead/Led
- Loose/lose
- Past/passed
- to (indicating direction)
- too (also)
- their (possessive. "Their dog is a poodle.")
- there ("Put it over there")
- they’re (contraction of they are)
- Than (comparison. "James is cooler than Thomas")
- Then (deals with time relationships. "And then we . . .)
- weather (it's sunny out)
- whether (indicates uncertainty; despite)
- accept (a verb, meaning to receive or to admit to a group "I was accepted into medical school")
- except ("I like everything Mom serves for Thanksgiving dinner except cranberry sauce")
- who’s (contraction of who is or who has. "Who's on first?")
- whose (possessive form of who. "Whose bike is this?")
- its (The dog wagged its tail)
- it’s (It's obvious that the butler committed the crime)
- your (possessive form of you)
- you’re (contraction of you are)
- affect (usually a verb, meaning to influence)
- effect (usually a noun, meaning result)
- than (used in comparison)
- then (refers to a time in the past)
- were (form of the verb to be)
- we’re (contraction of we are)
- where (related to location or place)
- Wrong: My brother and his friend commutes a lot from the coast.
2. Write questions of your own for the test on Night.
3. Journal: Free write. Write as much as you can about anything at all for 5 minutes.
Wrong: The boy's will go to the school tomorrow.
Right: The boys will go to school tomorrow.
Wrong: Before going to the school Joe stopped at my house.
Right: Before going to the school, Joe stopped at my house.
Wrong in American English: Uncle John said, "My car is blue".
Right in English: Uncle John said, "My car is blue."
Wrong: The car costs $10,000, I am going to buy it.
Right. The car costs $10000. I am going to buy it.
Right: The car costs $10000, and I am going to buy it.
Right: The boys will go to school tomorrow.
Wrong: Before going to the school Joe stopped at my house.
Right: Before going to the school, Joe stopped at my house.
Wrong in American English: Uncle John said, "My car is blue".
Right in English: Uncle John said, "My car is blue."
Wrong: The car costs $10,000, I am going to buy it.
Right. The car costs $10000. I am going to buy it.
Right: The car costs $10000, and I am going to buy it.
Right. The car costs $10000. I am going to buy it.
Right: The car costs $10000, and I am going to buy it.
Today's prompt:
Elie Weisel was given a terrible challenge that, in many ways ruined his life, and yet at the same time, he was able to overcome that challenge to a great degree. Now I want you to think of a challenge you have faced. I don't think that it will be quite as extreme or harsh an example, but sometimes we face great challenges. Everyone does. Here's the prompt:
1. What has been your greatest life challenge? 2.What did you have to do to overcome this challenge? (or tell me what you plan to do to overcome it now, or at least to deal with it.)
Answer journal prompt in two paragraphs. Be sure that each paragraph starts with a topic sentence and has at least two other sentences developing your idea.
Here's an effective way to organize a paragraph:
- Topic sentence (your idea)
- Example that illustrates the idea
- Explanation of how the example ties in with the idea in the topic sentence (an extra sentence or two of explanation may be added here)
- Concluding sentence that sums up what you said.
Vocabulary for Night: Night
One of the best ways to study vocabulary is to read example sentences and to write your own.
See yourdictionary.com for great example sentences that use the word in context.
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